[lug] Broadband in Eastern/Rural Boulder County?

Bear Giles bgiles at coyotesong.com
Wed Jul 16 09:38:39 MDT 2008


Ryan Kirkpatrick wrote:
> I double checked with Qwest and SpeakEasy, and they are at 19.5k feet from
> the CO, just too far for anything short of T1 or IDSL (both too
> expensive). A neighbor around the corner (~18k feet from the CO) has
> 225kbps ADSL from Qwest, right at the very edge of range.
>   
Define "around the corner".  Pringles can antennas can extend a wireless 
hub by miles, if they're willing to share the connection.  (E.g., 
offering to pick up the entire cost so the neighbor's get 'free' internet.)



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